Research BooksThis is a complete list of titles we have availabe, feel free to browse the list and e-mail us if you have any questions. Because so many are titled with a family name we have put them in alphabetical order by title for your convenience.

Hill, Descendants of Swinfield Hill ($12 plus $5 s/h)

Holland: "Recollections of a Private" - by William Preston Holland, Co. G. 11th VA Infantry CSA. Transcribed from the original by Linda Nezbeth with detailed notes on the subjects/places mentioned by Pvt. Holland. $15 plus $5 s/h. Softcover. Humor mixed with stories of war. A must-have for collectors and those interested in the War.

American History Book – reprint from antique school book, history you’d forgotten ($15 plus $3 s/h)

Bicentennial Monographs. Published for Franklin County's Bicentennial year 1986. $6 each plus $2.50 s/h. Choose: 1. Railroading in Rocky Mount by A.D. Ramsey & Old Court Day by Mrs. John Washburn 2. Msuic of Franklin County & Southern Blue Ridge by Raymond Sloan 3. Jubal Early by Kermit Sloan & Booker T. Washington by Minnie Moorman 4. Early Missions in Franklin County by Frank Hurt. Reprinted in sprial bound form from the original stapled, memographed versions.

Census Index 1860, Franklin County, full names ($25 plus $5 s/h)
Original book indexed by last names only. This is a time saver. Prepared by Martha Young for FCoHS.

Church, Snow Creek & Pigg River Records ($8 plus $2.50 s/h)

Franklin County Bicentennial History by John & Emily Salmons. Only the 2nd official history of Franklin County. Hardback. Limited number signed by authors. $35 plus $5 s/h

Franklin County First 200 Years published by Franklin News-Post, index only. Compiled by Martha Young for FCoHS ($15 plus $3 s/h). Are the facts you need listed in this out of print publication? Find out with this index, then visit the Research Library or ask FCoHS to print copies of pertinent articles for you.

Free Negroes ($12 plus $2.50 s/h)

Genesis of a Virginia Frontier: Franklin County, Virginia by T. Keister Greer. Early Franklin County. Early settlers, pioneers associated with the beginning of the county. A must-have resource book. $20 plus $4 s/h.

German Baptists: The Old German Baptist Brethren - Faith, Farming & Change in the Virginia Blue Ridge by Charles D. Thompson Jr. Written 2006. Photos, stories of this tightly knit group, members of which arrived in Franklin County nearly 250 years ago. $22 plus $5 s/h. Soft cover, perfect binding.

High Street Cemetery, est. 1837. History of this historic burial ground plus scripts from "Characters in the Cemetery" event - choose 2003 or 2005 - by FCoHS. Scripts are historically accurate and portray movers and shakers who lie beneath the soil of this cemetery, now owned by the Town of Rocky Mount. $10 plus $3 s/h. Photos, documents, facts.

Civil War Research

Civil War Pensioners VA Counties 1917 ($15 plus $3.50 s/h)

Civil War Pensioners VA Counties 1919, 1920, 1921 ($20 plus $5 s/h)
Learn who was wounded, blinded, etc. by the amount of money they were granted. Find out who died during the year, whose widow received the pension and more.

Civil War Pensioners VA Counties 1922, 1923, 1926 ($20 plus $5 s/h)

Civil War, Company A of Franklin County ($15 plus $2.50 s/h)
Diary of this company's war service. Read of the fun, trials, horrors soldiers witnessed and more from those who made the history. Spiral bound copy from the original hardback.

Civil War, Jackson’s Campaign Against Pope ($6 plus $2 s/h)

Minutes of the Jubal Early Chapter UDC - the early years when money was being raised to erect a Confederate Monument on the Franklin County Courthouse lawn. Stories of the ladies' meetings, disagreements, member list, more. Lots of history from the day. $15 plus $5 s/h. Compiled by Linda Nezbeth from the original handwritten books kept by Miss Essie Smith.

University of Virginia Soldier's Cemetery - complied by Linda Nezbeth. Cemetery began during a typhoid epidemic in 1828. In summer 1861, CSA soldiers began to be buried here - 1,097 soldiers are interred. Spiral bound. $15 plus $5 s/h.

Windows of Time - Indexed. Pictures with information on Franklin County Confederate soldiers. Compiled by Linda Nezbeth. More than 200 listed in current edition. Updated on regular basis. $15 plus $5 s/h

Franklin County Teachers I Have Known by Harold Ramsey ($12 plus $2.50 s/h)

Ghosts & More - scripts from annual event sponsored by FCoHS. Historically accurate scripts for a variety of characters stationed on a tour route in the Town of Rocky Mount. Photos, history. The 2006/'07/'08/'09
booklets $12 plus $3 s/h. Also available script books from '05, '04 and '03 - $10 each plus $3 s/h. A fun way to learn history. The event is produced each October.

Moonshine: The Great Moonshine Conspiracy of 1935 - by T. Keister Greer. Details of the longest criminal trial in Virginia history. Hardback, pictures. $80 plus $8 s/h. 3 1/3 inches thick. The story as only the day to day testimony can tell it. Limited number available. BEST PRICE ON THE INTERNET!

Old Handwriting Chart ($2 plus $1 s/h)

Peak & Angle Abstracted Records of Black Family Burials - compiled by Diane Hayes. Names, death dates, funeral information, parents, other information. $12 plus $3.50 s/h. Valuable resource as many of those listed either were slaves or descendants of slaves.

Veterans Memorial Day includes history of Franklin County Courthouse and lawn monuments, wars, etc. ($10 plus $3 s/h)
Good resource for local history and that of various wars and conflicts.

Virginia, A Hornbook of History - spiral bound copy of original shared by Ed West ($15 plus $3.50 s/h)
Hornbooks take their name from the fact that early "books" were carved on animal horns. This one contains the Commonwealth's history, much of which is no longer found in school chilldren's textbooks but it's history just the same. Old and young alike will enjoy this book.

Yesterday & Today index by Martha Young ($15 plus $5 s/h)
An index of ads, photographs, articles in annual booklets published by Franklin County Retail Merchants Assn. Ask about copies of actual books we may have on hand.